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Marcello Malpighi

1628 - 1694

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Marcello Malpighi (10 March 1628 – 30 November 1694) was an Italian biologist and physician, who is referred to as the "Founder of microscopical anatomy, histology & Father of physiology and embryology". Malpighi's name is borne by several physiological features related to the biological excretory system, such as the Malpighian corpuscles and Malpighian pyramids of the kidneys and the Malpighian tubule system of insects. The splenic lymphoid nodules are often called the "Malpighian bodies of the spleen" or Malpighian corpuscles. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Marcello Malpighi has received more than 335,363 page views. His biography is available in 51 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 48 in 2019). Marcello Malpighi is the 41st most popular physician (up from 45th in 2019), the 477th most popular biography from Italy (up from 526th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Italian Physician.

Marcello Malpighi was an Italian scientist who is most famous for his contributions to the field of microscopy. He is credited with being the first person to describe the capillary system in plants and animals.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Marcello Malpighi ranks 41 out of 502. Before him are Samuel Hahnemann, Thutmose IV, Claude Bernard, Frederick Banting, Aribert Heim, and Ambroise Paré. After him are Emil Kraepelin, Otto Heinrich Warburg, Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, Franz Mesmer, Allvar Gullstrand, and Christiaan Barnard.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1628, Marcello Malpighi ranks 2. Before him is Charles Perrault. After him are Jacob van Ruisdael, John Bunyan, Muazzez Sultan, Sophie Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Ferdinand Charles, Archduke of Austria, François-Henri de Montmorency, duc de Luxembourg, Emmanuel Philibert, Prince of Carignano, François Girardon, Lucrezia Barberini, and Robert Cambert. Among people deceased in 1694, Marcello Malpighi ranks 3. Before him are Mary II of England and Matsuo Bashō. After him are Samuel von Pufendorf, Antoine Arnauld, Natalya Naryshkina, Suleiman of Persia, Ranuccio II Farnese, Duke of Parma, Francesco Morosini, John George IV, Elector of Saxony, Vittoria della Rovere, and Pierre Puget.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Marcello Malpighi ranks 477 out of 4,668. Before him are Pope Conon (630), Pope John XVIII (970), Muzio Clementi (1752), Pope Anastasius IV (1073), Pope Lucius II (1100), and Pope Benedict IV (860). After him are Josephine of Leuchtenberg (1807), Pope Sergius III (860), Pope Benedict VI (900), Pope Valentine (780), Galeazzo Ciano (1903), and Giorgio Moroder (1940).

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Among PHYSICIANS In Italy

Among physicians born in Italy, Marcello Malpighi ranks 4. Before him are Florence Nightingale (1820), Cesare Lombroso (1835), and Camillo Golgi (1843). After him are Francesco Redi (1626), Rita Levi-Montalcini (1909), Bernardino of Siena (1380), Peter Damian (1007), Giovanni Alfonso Borelli (1608), Giovanni Antonio Scopoli (1723), Giovanni Battista Morgagni (1682), and Pietro Andrea Mattioli (1501).

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